Sopatt Press

The Secessionist Manifesto

A Declaration of the Right to Separate
and a Guide to Restraint

by Sonny Patterson

What it is

A secular argument that the right of exit is not only a last resort against tyranny. It is the standing discipline that keeps power humble. The unit does not change from a conversation to a compact: a Self is a territory; the neighboring Self is presumed the same kind of fact; power stops at that line; the line is real only if the door works.

Part I is a standalone Declaration. Parts II–VI are the guide: consciousness and stewardship, eleven vectors of tyranny, boundaries in speech and property, duty, incentive, and the American experiment—including the objections that appear only at the scale of a population.

What it is not

How to get it

The Declaration is free: read it here or download the PDF.

The book—print and ebook—will be issued by Sopatt Press. ISBNs and store links will be posted on this page when the first edition is uploaded. This page is the placeholder so the copyright page can already point here.

Imprint: Sopatt Press
Publisher of record: Sonny Patterson
First edition forthcoming, 2026